Khalifa DIOP

I have a doctorate in geography, a graduate of the Leïdi laboratory “Territorial dynamics and development”, Geography section of the Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis and a researcher at LASPAD (Laboratory for the Analysis of Societies and Powers Africa / Diaspora) of the same university. I did a course in “Ecosystems and Environment” specifically in Planning and Management of peri-urban environments. I carried out my doctoral research on the challenges of environmental management in urban areas through peri-urban agriculture in West African cities, precisely in Dakar in Niaye de Pikine.

Currently, I am a researcher and cartographer at LASPAD – UGB in Saint-Louis. Among other responsibilities, I coordinate the Citizen Security Barometer (www.citizen-security.org), am responsible for monitoring the Global Africa project (www.globalafrica.ac), mapper of the HIRA program (sexual violence against adolescent girls) and of the survey among publishing houses on the continent (54 countries).
Also, I work as a temporary teacher of Geography and Planning, Religion and Territories and Geography of Religions at the Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis. I also teach at UVS on Climate Change and Territories, Migration and Population Policies, Management of Natural Resources and Environmental and Social Risks.

I am also a doctoral student at the Center for the Study of Religions at Gaston Berger University in Saint-Louis on the theme of religious territory through the mapping of Arab-Islamic educational establishments in Senegal.

In Research and Development, on behalf of the ARD of Saint-Louis, I developed a Municipal Action Plan for the Environment (PACE) for the commune of Fass Ngom, in Saint-Louis.